Business Central Magazine

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securing tomorrow

By Emily Bertram// Photos by Switchboard

Dave, Jim, and Andy Jacobs, Jacobs Financial, have been helping
families prepare for the future for over 50 years.

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name that owner!

By Jeffrey P. Clancy

The Corporate Transparency Act is now in effect. Does your organization need to report?.

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take charge

By Dan Edelbrock

Digital payments can be convenient for consumers, but pricey for businesses.

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do you have the time?

Employees are not resisting the office because they don’t want to work or want to work less. They just want to be able to control their time.  

quit your whining

While complaining can sometimes help us get our point across, understand each other and form connections, the more we complain, the more likely we are to keep complaining. So, are you ready to take the no complaining challenge?

unbossing

Job cuts specifically for middle managers accounted for 30% of all layoffs in 2023, up from 20% in 2018. Is the role of the middle manager disappearing?https://hrexecutive.com/unbossing-a-cause-for-layoffs-or-an-opportunity-to-boost-manager-success/

are you faking it?

Faking work is nothing new. While it’s tempting to demonize the employees who engage in this sort of deception, it might be time to take a step back, look at the root causes, and consider a more holistic approach to the issue.

References

From This Issue

Growth Guide References

About the Author: https://mn.gov/deed/data/lmi-help/labor-market-experts/alessia-leibert.jsp

More Articles on the Topic

https://mn.gov/deed/newscenter/publications/trends/december-2021/remote-work.jsp

https://mn.gov/deed/newscenter/publications/trends/march-2023/work-home.jsp  https://mn.gov/deed/newscenter/publications/trends/

 

Data Referenced

https://mn.gov/deed/data

Economy Central References

“Can the W.N.B.A. make money?” https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/20/business/dealbook/wnba-womens-basketball-money.html

“Stats for every WNBA team halfway through the season”

https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/40494740/stats-every-wnba-team-halfway-2024-season-watch-ratings-playoff-chances

Media coverage for women’s sports has nearly tripled

https://www.forbes.com/sites/lindseyedarvin/2023/10/31/media-coverage-for-womens-sports-has-nearly-tripled-in-five-years-according-to-new-research/